Case 2: Discrete Industry – Battery Assembly Line “Control + Data Collection”

Two-in-one replacement scenario

SB510 3BSE000860R1 China Mobile cooperated with a domestic new energy manufacturer to complete the verification application of 5G+ virtualization PLC technology in the battery assembly production line. The core scheme is to use a 5G industrial control gateway installed with virtualized PLC to achieve the two-in-one replacement of “traditional PLC+ data acquisition gateway”. The 5G industrial control gateway first completes the position calibration through the scanning gun and rangefinder, and controls the robot arm to move to the battery module position. Then the tightening gun on the mechanical arm is controlled to complete the installation and tightening of the battery module. In this case, the 5G industrial control gateway not only provides PLC real-time control services, but also provides 5G data acquisition and remote operation and maintenance services. Thus, the traditional three-layer architecture of “field I/ O-PLC-data acquisition gateway” is compressed into the flat architecture of “field I/O-5G industrial control gateway”, which solves the pain points such as the traditional solution with many control levels and dedicated equipment, high cost, and difficult to achieve unmanned/less unmanned operation and maintenance, and the equipment hardware cost and operation and maintenance cost are reduced by 50%.

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Discrete industry intelligent manufacturing architecture diagram and site diagram

As personalized goods gradually become the mainstream consumption mode, the production mode of large-scale manufacturing of standard parts on the assembly line has been unable to meet the existing demand. SB510 3BSE000860R1 Flexible production characterized by fast and diverse production plays an increasingly important role in production and manufacturing, and the demand for industrial wireless network and open automation is strong. For the first time, 5G deterministic industrial gateway integrates deterministic transmission, new short-range connection, virtualization control and other capabilities, realizing all-wireless, all-process, autonomous and controllable high-reliability industrial control applications, promoting 5G’s deep integration into the core production link, supporting the construction of new industrialization, and boosting DOICT integration.